A carved hardstone cameo pendant in gold and enamel Revivalist frame by Froment-Meurice

A carved hardstone cameo pendant in gold and enamel Revivalist frame by Froment-Meurice, c1870, the cameo depicting a female profile with hair tied up and within a white pellet border, in Neo-Renaissance openwork gold scroll frame set with small diamonds and blue enamel decoration, suspending a drop-shaped natural pearl, French control mark and obscure maker's lozenge, possibly for Froment-Meurice, the conforming suspension loop and frame can be removed by the withdrawal of a baton, 6.5cm high (maximum), with original fitted case by Froment-Meurice, marked for 372 rue St Honoré which the firm occupied from 1856 through until the last decade of the century, the leather embossed with initials M.P., a sliding panel reveals a small compartment which probably originally contained a brooch fitting

Accompanied by original purchase receipt from Lydia Courteille Bijoux Anciens, Paris dated 3rd October 1998